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BARRETT, LAWRENCE (1838-1891)

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 434 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BARRETT, See also:LAWRENCE (1838-1891) , See also:American actor, was See also:born of Irish parents in See also:Paterson, New See also:Jersey, on the 4th of See also:April 1838. His See also:family name was Brannigan. He made his first See also:stage See also:appearance at See also:Detroit as See also:Murad in The See also:French See also:Spy in 1853. In See also:December 1856 he made his first New See also:York appearance at the See also:Chambers See also:Street See also:theatre as See also:Sir See also:Thomas See also:Clifford in The Hunchback. In 1858 he was in the stock See also:company at the See also:Boston Museum. He served with distinction in the See also:Civil See also:War as See also:captain in the 28th See also:Massachusetts See also:infantry See also:regiment. From 1867 to 187o, with See also:John M`Cullough, he managed the See also:California theatre, See also:San Francisco. Among his many and varied parts may be mentioned See also:Hamlet, See also:Lear, See also:Macbeth, Shylock,See also:Richard III., See also:Wolsey, Benedick, See also:Richelieu, See also:David See also:Garrick, Hernani, See also:Alfred See also:Evelyn, Lanciotto in See also:George See also:Henry Boker's (1823–1890) Francesca da See also:Rimini, and See also:James See also:Harebell in The See also:Man o' Airlie. He played Othello to See also:Booth's Iago and See also:Cassius to his See also:Brutus. He acted in See also:London in 1867, 1881, 1883 and 1884, his Richelieu in Bulwer See also:Lytton's See also:drama being considered his best See also:part. He wrote a See also:life of See also:Edwin See also:Forrest in the American Actors See also:Series (Boston, 1881), and an admirable See also:sketch of Edwin Booth in Edwin Booth and his Contemporaries (Boston, 1886). He died on the 20th of See also:March 1891.

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